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Thissoftcover book with 180 full color pages with over 350 illustrations and documents recounts the history of the dolls of Modes & Travaux made between 1951 and 1986.It was in 1919 that Edouard Boucherit created, with his wife Renée, a new women's magazine called Modes & Travaux whose first issue appeared in November in Paris. In the aftermath of the Great War, the paper will aim to help the woman become a perfect housewife. It follows closely the fashion and its evolutions. During the Second World War, the magazine will provide clever advice to its readers. At the Liberation, the monthly will resume its activities on a regular basis and, with the Baby Boom, will decide to extend its audience to the girls of its readers. Thus, from 1951, Modes & Travaux created a page reserved for little girls and entitled « Le journal des petites filles de Modes et Travaux ». It was in March 1951 that the first doll Modes & Travaux (manufacturing by Nobel) appeared, Françoise That the child can dress with the explanations of the newspaper; The girl will also be able to buy the patterns at the size of the doll and even buy ready-made clothes. In August 1954, the doll Françoise announced to the young readers the "birth of a little brother": Michel. Then in 1958, Modes et Travaux proposed a third doll, with slender body, and wearing a wig : Marie-Françoise.In 1963, Petitcollin will buy the brand Nobel And will make until today the dolls Modes & Travaux. The last one will be Emilie, in 1986. True symbol, the dolls of Modes & Travaux are still manufactured in Etain (55) France, by the French company Petitcollin.

Contents:

Preface by Patricia Wagner, director of Modes & Travaux

Dolls and education

Women's magazine Modes & Travaux

The manufacturers of dolls of Modes & Travaux

Part one: The dolls of Modes & Travaux

Françoise

Michel

Marie-Françoise

Francette

Jean-Michel

Emilie

Julien

Cécile

Other dolls sold by Modes & Travaux

The reissues of the dolls of Modes & Travaux by Petitcollin

Part two: The childhood universe, an overview of children's everyday life since the 1950s

The trousseau

The four seasons

Social phenomena

Religious ceremonies

Disguises

Fashion Look

Part three: The know-how, the contributions of the magazine and the shop

The embroidery in the trousseaux of the dolls of Modes & Travaux

The joyous hour of knitting

Patterns and wallets

The shoes and accessories of the dolls of Modes & Travaux

Manufacturers

Materials and fabrications

The 70s and 80s: the golden age of the dolls of Modes & Travaux

Furniture for the dolls of Modes & Travaux

Epilogue

Annexes

The dolls mannequins

Rag dolls

Exclusive models of Modes & Travaux

Summary table of dolls of Modes & Travaux

Table summarizing stamped inscriptions on doll's caps

Source and bibliography

The French texts are written by Elisabeth Chauveau, Elyane Jamard-Lacroix and Annick Buchy.